Goat Island, Auckland

Goat Island, Auckland

Auckland's Goat Island is a tiny island (approximately one hectare) located close to the North Island coast northeast of Warkworth, and directly west of Hauturu/Little Barrier Island. [ [http://www.linz.govt.nz/apps/placenames/index.html?p=53099 New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database] ]

It forms part of the Goat Island Marine Reserve, a 524ha reserve spanning from Cape Rodney to Okakari point, which was gazetted in 1975 [Morton, J. (2004) Seashore Ecology of New Zealand and the Pacific (p. 25) Bateman, Auckland. ISBN 1-86953-399-2] . With around 314,525 visitors per year, it is a popular spot for snorkelers and scuba-divers, due to the large number of fish now living there.

The University of Auckland has a research facility at Goat Island known as the Leigh Marine Laboratory headed by Professor John Montgomery. This will form the base for the University’s new South Pacific Centre for Marine Science (SPCMS). Prime Minister Helen Clark launched the national and international campaign to raise funds for the SPCMS at Leigh on 21 June 2008.

Takangaroa is another island in the same area which used to be known as Goat Island.

References

External links

* [http://www.seafriends.org.nz/issues/res/gi/index.htm Goat Island marine reserve] : history, environment, ecology, diving, lessons (80pp)


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